Vehicle wheel



J. P, DE CLOUD .VEHICLE WHEEL April 21, 1931.

Filed March 5l, 1930 INVENTOR. y @nd BY g ,154 ATToRNEY Patented Apr. 21,- 1931 vJosiizii rorssm im einen, or muses, crrY, reissom vEHIcLn WHEEL "Appuuon mea kann si, i930. serial no. 440,430.

My invention relates, to improvements in vehicle wheels.

It relates particularlyto wheels havingpneumatic or resilienttires. I One of the objects of my invention is to provide a novel wheel in whichtwo d isk bodies, holding between them a resilienttire are held clamped together, as a umt, and are adapted to be slipped on and to a wheel hub of usual type, and with the requirement of but a slight mod iicationoi the hub to enable such attachment.

A further object of my invention is to provide a pneumatic' tire with anfexterior tire having a peripheral annular giuding flange, whereby, with equipped, the voperator of an automobile ma run the car on a street or railway track. further object ofA my invention 1s to 9 provide a vehicle wheel of the kindl de'- scribed, which is simple, chea strong, durable, not likelyto get out of or er and which will be easy riding.

The novel features of myinvention are u hereinafter ully described and claimed:4 In the accompanying lustrates the preferred embodiment'oi my invention, v v

Fig. 1 is an ou ide end elevation of my 3 improed vehicle wheel.

ig. 2 is an enlarged section on'the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, the shown in side elevation. Fig. 3 is an enlarged section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1 the hub being shown in side elevation partiy broken away. .Fig. 4 is an enlargedinside elevation of the hub anda portion of one disk body. o Fig. 5 isfl a r'educed elevation, partly broken away of the lresilient tire.

' Fig. 6 is` an outside end view, enlarged, of the hub with its cap removed. Similar reference characters similar parts in the 1 and 2 desi ate 'vely the inner and outer ring sk bodies of the wheel, said bodies being arranged to hold vand clamp between them a resilient tire'3, which, as shown, -tubularand inflatable, being rovided with the usual air tube 4, w v 'ch different views.

fastened the four wheels s0 ub and its cap being 'flange 134 carrying 'extended through. the

designate outer disk' body 2. which erieslo the disk bodies 1 and 2, may have removably mounted -on it an outer rigid tire 5, preferably of metal and hav' annular groove in which is fitted t e peripherynxf'thetire 3.

If desired, the tire 3,

e outer side of the vtire 5 is provided with'an annular radial ri heral ange 6 vdisposed at the inner si e edgeof the tread of the tire j and adapted'to en age and'be guided by'fthe inner side of t e balloif a track rail, not shown. i' Upon deation of, the inner tire 3, Athe outer tireI 5 may be from its operative position on the inner tire, the disk bodyl 2 having been detached from the bod 7 provided -with a circular row of holes therethrough, two of which are adaptedto have respectively extended through them two bolts 8,-the Aheads of which bear against the drawing, which, ilf

body 1. On the other endsof .the bolts 8 are nuts 9 which bearagain'st the fiat portion i 7 of the disk body 2.

1 0 designates the body of a hub adapted to lbe mounted in the usual manner on an axle 11, and provided with a hub cap 12.

The hub 10 has an annular peripheral outwardly extending threaded studs 14 adapted to be respectively holes in the central portions 7 not occupiedbythe bolts 8, Fig. 2. AThe hub 10 is of .usual type having the annularange in thevilange'. To enable the use of my improvement therewith, it is but needed to remove two of the st'uds '14 and enlarge the holes in the ange from which the two studs were removed, as designated by 15 in Figs. 3,'

4 and 6. i

The enlarged holes 15 respectively receive the heads of the bolts 8 which vfasten together the disk 1 and 2.

To mount the disk bodies 1 clamped between them the tre3, on the hub 10, t e bodies are4 slipped onto the body 1 0 Projects outside beyond the periph-L anf inner mounted in or removed 1 disk bodies 1 and 2 are each, rovided -with an annular flat central radia portion '13 and the threaded studs 14 and 2, having -extends through a hole provided through the tol of the hub with the disk body l bea against the flange 13, and the' heads of. the bolts 8 inserted in the enlarged holes l5 in the dangel, and the studs 11i respectively extended through the holes in the central fiat portions 7 of the disk bodies l and 2. The nuts V1.6 are then respectively mounted on the studs la and clamp against the outer side of the disk body 2.

By reversing this operation the disk bodies l and 2 and the tire 3 carrying theftire 5 ma be removed from the hub l0.

Xs shown, the inner peripheral groove in the tire 5 is arcuately concave in cross section, to lit the periphery oi the tire 3.

The disk bodies l and 2 have their peripheral portions overlapping:7 opposite sides respectively oi the tire 5, i sn l and 3, thus preventing throwing od o the tire 5 when rounding curves, or should the tire 3 becomedeilated. To remove the tire 5, the disk body 2 is removed, after removal of the nuts 9 and 16, and the tire 3 is dedated.

When the tire 5 is removed, the Wheel may he employed in the usual manner for travel on streets or highways.

l do not limit my invention to the stmoture shown and described, as modifications, Within the scope of the appended claim, may be made Without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What ll claim is lin a vehicle Wheel, two ring disk bodies adapted to removable mounting on and at tachment to a Wheel hub, releasable means for attaching together the said disk-V bodies independently of said hub, a resilient tire held between and rojeeting outwardly a substantial distance eyond said disk bodies and an outer rigid tire removably moun on the periphery of said resilient tire and having its sides respectively overla ped by said disk bodies and radially movab e therebetween, and provided with an annular peripheral radial llange at the inner eide edge of the tread of the tire and adapted to engage and be guided by the ballot a track rai lin testimony whereof l name to this specilication.

JUSEPH-POISSANT DE CLOUD. v

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